TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  92% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc

ABV:  14.5%

Vineyard:  3.93 hectares of 45-year-old vines planted at 6,500 vines per hectare in Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse. Most of the vineyard lies on a limestone plateau, with clay topsoil, including 1.5 hectares on the village’s highest plateau and 1.5 hectares on a south-facing slope. Vines are trained using single and double Guyot pruning.

Cellar: Grapes are hand-harvested in small crates and gently transferred into stainless steel tanks. A cold pre-fermentation maceration is followed by fermentation and four weeks of post-fermentation maceration. The wine ages for 18 months in 100% new French oak barrels. ~ 9,000 bottles produced.

CSPC:  149713

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux

Appellation:  Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC

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Varietal/Blend:  92% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

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Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  14.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  149713